Rise in number of paramilitary attacks

Some 95 of the assaults and shootings were carried out by loyalists and republicans from November 2016 to October 2017; up from 89 in the same period in 2015/16 and 88 in 2014/15.

The figures – obtained from the PSNI by DUP MP Jim Shannon – are broken down by parliamentary constituency.

He said that they do not include killings resulting from paramilitary attacks, which police classify as security-related deaths.

They reveal that Belfast West had the highest number of attacks (55) over the three-year period. A total of 20 attacks were recorded in the constituency in 2016/17, up from 17 the previous year.

Belfast North saw the second highest number of paramilitary-style attacks (15) in 2016/17, followed by East Antrim with 10 attacks.

Strangford saw the biggest rise in attacks over the last year, with 10 recorded in 2016/17, compared to three over the previous 12-month period.

There were no recorded attacks in either Fermanagh-South Tyrone or Newry and Armagh over the past three years.